Recently was up for an Emmy for Outstanding Lifestyle Program with a great team of production people for a show called Home Made Simple for OWN. It was truly an amazing experience. We did not win and it's natural to feel bad about it. But a funny and inspiring thing was happening to me while at the ceremony before and after they announced the winner in our category. Watching all the different award winners accept their Emmy I started to getting motivated. Usually when I listen to accepting speeches I sort of tune out unless the person says something funny or really starts crying. But being in the audience and up for an award, I found myself really listening to the speeches. Through all the normal"I want to thank..." stuff I started to hear pure passion from the winners and recognized that I am also that passionate about what I do. I felt a strong connection to each winner and totally inspired and motivated to continue to do great work. Related link: Inspiring Documentaries

I am a very very competitive person, I want to win at everything I do and I am not going to lie about this, I wanted to win this thing but I can honestly say that it did not bother me that a show I had never heard of (Elbow Room) won. This surprised me a little bit, and I never thought I would say "It's an honor to just be nominated" but the truth is it is an honor to be nominated and turns out it is also very inspiring.

Sometimes it's interesting to stop and think about inspirational quotes. It seems that just about any quote you read can apply to you. Here are some to think about:

-Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country - JFK-If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door - MILTON BERLE-I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become - OPRAH WINFREY-You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - WAYNE GRETZKY-All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them - WALT DISNEY-It's never too late to be what you might have been - GEORGE ELIOT-It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up - VINCE LOMBARDI-You must be the change you want to see in the world - MAHATMA GANDHI-Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination - ROY L. GOODMAN

Here are a 10 famous inspiring quotes that I like...

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. –Robert Frost

The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘why not?’ -Jeffrey Bezos

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. –Michael Jordan

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins

I was thinking about attitude and how important it is in ones life. Sounds simple and cliche and it might be but it is very true. ATTITUDE ON LIFE“I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.” - Charles R.

IMPACT OF ATTITUDE"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skills. It will make or break a company...a church, a synagogue, a home.The remarkable thing is I have a choice every day regarding the attitude I will embrace for that day.I cannot change my past...I cannot change the fact that people will act a certain way. I cannot change the inevitable... The only thing I can do is play on the one string I have, and that is my attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you...you are in charge of your attitude" Unkown